Hudson or James

James is the more popular boy name in Canada, #8 to #27 in 2024. James is the more popular boy name in England and Wales, #42 to #43 in 2025. James is the more popular boy name in the USA, #5 to #22 in 2024.

Hudson on its own page James on its own page

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

Where each place ranks Hudson against James, in that place's most recent complete year.HudsonJames#1#50#100#250Canada#27 → #8 ↑19England and Wales#43 → #42 ↑1USA#22 → #5 ↑17Alberta#19 → #12 ↑7British Columbia#16 → #18 ↓2Ontario#20 → #11 ↑9Quebec#246 → #16 ↑230
PlaceYear Hudson James Ahead
Canada2024#27#8James
England and Wales2025#43#42James
USA2024#22#5James
Alberta2024#19#12James
British Columbia2024#16#18Hudson
Ontario2024#20#11James
Quebec2024#246#16James

Hudson and James in Canada, 2020–2024

Hudson climbed from #31 in 2020 to #27 in 2024 in Canada. James climbed from #10 in 2020 to #8 in 2024 in Canada.

Hudson and James ranked by year in Canada, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#8 James#27 Hudson20202021202220232024

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Hudson and James in England and Wales, 2020–2025

Hudson climbed from #69 in 2020 to #43 in 2025 in England and Wales. James slipped from #24 in 2020 to #42 in 2025 in England and Wales.

Hudson and James ranked by year in England and Wales, 2020 to 2025.#1#50#100#42 James#43 Hudson202020212022202320242025

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Hudson and James in the USA, 2020–2024

Hudson climbed from #43 in 2020 to #22 in 2024 in the USA. James climbed from #6 in 2020 to #5 in 2024 in the USA.

Hudson and James ranked by year in USA, 2020 to 2024.#1#50#5 James#22 Hudson20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

More head-to-heads with Hudson
Adam or HudsonBenjamin or HudsonDaniel or HudsonEthan or HudsonHenry or HudsonHudson or JackHudson or LeoHudson or LeviHudson or LiamHudson or LoganHudson or LucaHudson or LucasHudson or MilesHudson or MuhammadHudson or NathanHudson or NoahHudson or OliverHudson or OwenHudson or TheodoreHudson or WilliamHudson or WyattHudson or Zorawar
More head-to-heads with James
Adam or JamesArthur or JamesAsher or JamesBenjamin or JamesCharles or JamesDaniel or JamesEdouard or JamesElijah or JamesEmile or JamesEthan or JamesEzra or JamesHenry or JamesJack or JamesJacob or JamesJames or JulesJames or LaurentJames or LeoJames or LeviJames or LiamJames or LoganJames or LouisJames or LucaJames or LucasJames or MateoJames or MichaelJames or MilesJames or MuhammadJames or NathanJames or NoahJames or OliverJames or OwenJames or RaphaelJames or SamuelJames or SebastianJames or TheoJames or TheodoreJames or ThomasJames or WilliamJames or WyattJames or Zorawar

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.